Jason Corcoran
@jasoncorcoran
Author of book 'Leaving Russia' published in April 2026. Journalist for Sunday Times (UK), Business Insider (US), Moscow Times, Irish Independent. LFC🏆
Russia’s state development bank VEB.RF has fired its veteran chief economist Andrey Klepach: TASS ● The dismissal comes a day after media widely quoted his remarks that Russia was losing the war of attrition economically and approaching social upheaval.
Ruben #Vardanyan has powerful friends. Apart from Nassim Taleb, why are they silent? jasoncorcoran2022.substack.com/p/leaving-ru...
Personal bomb shelters are now on sale in Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg amidst increased #drone attacks. ● The cost of a standard shelter ranges from 300,000 to 350,000 rubles (about $4,000).
Enjoyed making my live debut on Polish TV on @tvpworld.bsky.social with host Ashim Kumar to talk about Russia's escalating in ots bombing nof Ukraine, increased hybrid attacks and increasing war on ita own people at home as security services take over Putin's war cult.
Honoured to see Leaving Russia reviewed by IAPSS Politikon Journal. ●The review calls it “a timely, readable, well-sourced work” and places it alongside the English-language non-fiction of Anne Applebaum, Oliver Bullough, and Masha Gessen on post-Soviet Russia. politikon.iapss.org/index.php/po...
Delighted to see my book Leaving Russia featured by Macro-Advisory as one of "two standout books about Russia so far in 2026" alongside Michael Pugh's Riding Through War and Peace. ● Chris Weafer and Macro produce the most comprehensive annual review of books on Russia and Eurasia.
Queues at Russian gas stations are now visible from space, according to BBC Verify.
Gutted to miss Dalkey Book Festival this year while I was in he UK for the launch of Leaving Russia. Delighted to make it into @gutterdalkey.bsky.social today, though, where the lovely staff let me sign their copies
Herman Gref, the boss of Russia’s largest lender Sberbank, has made a surprise call for a quick end to the war amid growing economic stagnation ● Gref, Putin's former Economy Minister, heads a bank controlling 45% of nation's deposits and a third of all loans.
Just about recovered from last Friday's UK launch of Leaving Russia at Pushkin House in London. It was a joy to celebrate with friends and colleagues and huge thank you to everyone who braved the dome of searing heat to make it to Bloomsbury Square.
Irish government has approached the EU for funding possible #Aughinish Alumina nationalisation ● I can't claim any credit but my recent @irishexaminer and @MoscowTimes OpEds jested the Putin oligarchs must have Kompromat on the government because they weren't considering it.
As global prices tumble, Gasoline prices in Russia have recorded their highest weekly increase in 20 years, according to Rosstat. ● Gasoline prices have increased by 3% over the past week. Since the beginning of June, prices have already risen by 5%. #OOTT
Final countdown to Friday's UK launch of Leaving Russia at Pushkin House. ● A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the book. A few places are still available. Message me if you'd like to join us. And yes, the aircon will be on. ❄️
🚨Possible bank run is brewing in occupied #Crimea ● Power outages triggered by Ukrainian strikes are reportedly driving residents in Yevpatoriya to queue for cash withdrawals. Source: Crimea Telegram channel citing subscribers
Eight years ago today I was in Moscow for #WorldCup2018: "peace, friendship, soccer."
Putin's long-term Central Banker Elvira Nabiullina commented on her extended sick leave: "I can only confirm that I did have a cold. I lost my voice for a while."
Putin's Central Banker Elvira Nabiullina is due back in work today after extended "sick leave" amidst reports in the FT and elsewhere that the Kremlin is sizing up two potential successors.
Crowds have gathered near the Kremlin in Moscow — but not to protest the #drone attack. ● Instead, demonstrators directed their anger at Britain, carrying signs such as: “Great Britain sows death” and “Great Britain is a sponsor of Ukrainian terror.” arrests are not expected.
All four of Moscow’s airports have shut down arrivals and departures amid the largest Ukrainian #drone attack on the capital since the start of the full-scale invasion @meduza.io meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Looks like the phenomenon known as "Black Rain" is coming to Moscow. ● Residents in the Black Sea resort of Tuapse have been complaining since late April of black rain blanketing cars and streets in oily grime following #drone attacks on their Rosneft refinery.
Love the bookseller @easons.bsky.social description of my book Leaving Russia: 'Moscow Escape Meets Oligarch Intrigue and Family Fear - Jason Corcoran grounds the Russia story in lived experience so the politics never drift too far from the personal stakes.'
Rumor mill in overdrive over MIA Elvira #Nabiullina: an exiled former state TV editor claims Russia's central bank chief is under de facto house arrest after a row with Putin ● Kremlin insist Nabiullina, who previously tried to resign, is simply on sick leave until early July.
Elvira #Nabiullina, who has kept Putin's War Economy going since 2022, is discussing leaving her post !! ● Telegram channel Mozhem Obysheniya, citing sources close to Kremlin, say she's fed up with Putin's course and won't work in the event of martial law, border closures, etc.
Russian Telegram channel reports Lieutenant General Alexander Maksimtsev was liquidated in a carbomb near Moscow. ● Maksimstev was chief of general staff and first dep commander of Russia’s Aerospace Forces. If confirmed, he's the 6th Russian general assassinated in 6 months.
The good folk at @easonself.bsky.social, Ireland’s biggest bookstore retailer, have Leaving Russia listed as "a bestseller" in History & Politics at a special 20% discount ● I recently popped into their flagship store in Dublin to sign a pile of book and they couldn't have been more accommodating.
⛽️ Fuel sales are being curbed in Moscow after widespread restrictions caused by drones hit Crimea and other regions ● ORTK stations are now selling a max of 60 litres of gasoline and 100 litres of diesel per customer. Lukoil currently has a limit of 100 litres per customer: RIA
Special Investment Operation ?! Delegates, including right-wing influencers like Andrew Tate and Candace Owens, arrive at 'Putin's Davos' in St Petersburg as Ukrainian drones hit nearby oil refineries. Video: Ksenia Sobcha #SPIEF
Iron Felix Dzerzhinsky is heading back to Lubyanka Square — the KGB’s last victory over its own collapse. ● Journalist Mikhail @zygaro says the decision has been signed off to restore the tyrant's monument 35 years after it was toppled.
Made my debut on Serbian TV yesterday after being invited by the journalist Tanja Vujisic to appear on the independent station Insajder to discuss my book 'Leaving Russia' and the exodus of so many Russians to the Balkans. ● Interview from 19.10 insajder.net/emisije/svet...